Two International Finance Center
Two International Finance Center 國際 金融 中心 二期 |
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Two IFC - Night View, 2008 | |
Basic data | |
Place: | 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong , China |
Construction time : | 2000-2003 |
Status : | Built |
Architectural style : | Postmodern |
Architect : |
César Pelli & Association Architects Rocco Design Architects |
Use / legal | |
Usage : | office |
Technical specifications | |
Height : | 412 m |
Height to the top: | 415.4 m |
Height to the roof: | 407 m |
Top floor: | 387 m |
Rank (height) : | 2nd place (Hong Kong) |
Floors : | 88 (+6 basement floors) |
Elevators : | 62 |
Usable area : | 185,805 m² |
Building material : |
Steel (structure) , reinforced concrete (structure) , glass (facade) , aluminum (facade) |
The Two International Finance Center , or Two IFC for short ( Chinese 國際 金融 中心 二期 / 国际 金融 中心 二期 , Pinyin Guójì Jīnróng Zhōngxīn Èrqī , Jyutping Gwok 3 zai 3 Gam 1 jung 4 Zung 1 sam 1 Ji 6 kei 4 ) at Finance Street and Man Po Street is a skyscraper in Hong Kong , in the Central district . Its foundation stone was laid in 2000, and after three years of construction, it was opened in 2003. With an official height of 412 meters, the skyscraper is currently the second tallest building in Hong Kong after the International Commerce Center (484 meters).
description
At 412 meters, it is only five meters lower than the former World Trade Center in New York (417 meters, but with an antenna 527 meters). Floors 14 and 24 were left out because the numbers in Chinese - more precisely: Cantonese - sound homophonic like “you will die for sure” or “die easily” and thus promise bad luck in the Chinese culture of Hong Kong. The building has a total area of 185,805 m². This means that the building actually has 86 floors, even if some sources speak of 88 floors.
2 IFC, as it is also known, is the second tallest building in Hong Kong after the 484-meter-high International Commerce Center , which was completed in 2010. From 2003 to 2010 it was the tallest skyscraper in the city.
The building is one of the few that uses double-deck lifts. However, these are only used by employees. An exception is the 55th floor, which is accessible to visitors free of charge and houses an exhibition on the history of the Hong Kong dollar . The HKMA , Hong Kong's Monetary Office, is also located on the top floor of the building.
From October to November 2003 there was an advertising poster around 230 meters high on the facade of the building, which covered around 50 floors. This poster from the Financial Times , HSBC and Cathay Pacific was the largest ever seen on a skyscraper.
Even before its completion, 2 IFC was shown on film and television. In the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003), Angelina Jolie and her partner jump out of the top floor with wingsuits on.
Together with the smaller twin building 1 IFC , Four Seasons Place and the Four Seasons Hotel , this building complex forms the financial center of Hong Kong and, together with Union Square Phase 7, serves as the gateway to Victoria Harbor .
Views
2 IFC - New Years Lobby , 2007
2 IFC - New Year's Eve , 2010 - 2011
See also
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest buildings in Asia
- List of tallest office buildings in the world
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Two International Finance Center. In: www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .
Coordinates: 22 ° 17 ′ 7.4 ″ N , 114 ° 9 ′ 32.9 ″ E